Has this Happend to anyone? What did you do?

[darmstadt]

I had something not too dissimiliar recently. Went for an interview end of last year and didn't hear anything for a couple of weeks and was told that the budget still had to be signed off for the project. I was also up for another project there in the same department so I already knew about that one but apparently this one was different and eventually the company rang up and told me that it still had to go through management. They rang up just before christmas saying that they wanted me but in the meantime I had been offered another extension so took that, always play safe. Agent not happy and even upped my rate but still no go. Interestingly enough I got a mail today regarding the other project which they can't fill plus a call about the project I turned down which they can't fill and I'm still no.1 choice!

[strawberrysmoothie]

A few years ago I was spun out for about 9 weeks on a role that never materialised. Learned my lesson the hard way like yourself. I think it happens to everyone at least once

Yeah, its just one those things. Luckily, I figured it out after a week not nine

[oldgit]

You might get lucky yet

A few years ago I was coming to the end of a contract and, in a moment of madness, applied for a permie job. Three interviews including the COO later everything went quiet, which I wrote off as being due to Xmas, but was confident I had landed a top senior role in a blue chip company.

In the new year I phoned the agency who said "sorry, oldgit, it's a no." Their exact words (except oldgit is obviously just my street name).

I phoned up the person in the company who would have been my line manager, who I felt I had got on with very well during the recruitment process asking for some feedback. She apologised saying that a load of layoffs had been announced and all external recruitment put on hold at the end of the previous year.

I asked her if she needed a consultant because, as it had turned out, I didn't have a job at the time. I got my best ever rate, on my terms, and direct too.

Then, three months later, she left the organisation and was replaced by a right numpty who I could never have got on with and, feeling glad I'd never taken perm job even if it had been offerred, I took my wheelbarrow elsewhere ...

[Old Hack]

I've been offered a gig, with all parties excited about the work moving forwards, then it got canned a few days before I was due to start due ot funding being removed at the very last moment. The chap, apparently, felt too embarrassed to answer the agents calls.

[BrilloPad]

start looking again

put this down to experience, be p£$$ off but move on

HTH

[psychocandy]

First ever contract many moons ago. I was permie at the time and managed to get a contract which still allowed me to give notice and they'd wait.

So agent told me it was sorted - I handed in notice at permie job. Week later agent phoned me to say it looked like it had fallen through. shat myself. Was planning what to say to boss to see if he'd let me rescind the resignation.

Luckily, few days later it got sorted and started contract as planned.